Cyber School Bus www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/student/2005/theme.asp The idea of water as a human right was the topic of discussion at the 2005 Student Conference on Human Rights. Here you can read statistics on the number of people who do not have clean water to use and how that affects their health and way of life.
Department for International Development: www.dfid.gov.uk Works on the reduction of poverty worldwide.
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund www.gmhf.com/portraits/ This link will connect you to a brief film and radio commentary about people living in Greater Minnesota. Here you will see images and learn about the people who are living in poverty.
Kids Can Make a Difference www.kidscanmakeadifference.org Helps students understand and respond to hunger and poverty issues at home. Has hunger facts, a quiz, and action tips. Contains an innovative teacher guide with 25 lessons for grades 7-12, focusing on the root causes of poverty.
NetAid www.mercycorps.org Educates and empowers young people to fight global poverty with information on the root causes of poverty and ways to help end it.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development www.oecd.org/home Contains information and statistics about the 29 OECD countries.
The One Campaign www.one.org Part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, the world's largest anti-poverty movement. Has great action ideas.
Oxfam International www.oxfam.org Addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice.
Odious Debts www.odiousdebts.org Contains information about the problem of third world debt. Includes many articles and links.
The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign www.economichumanrights.org A U.S. human rights movement aimed at promoting and upholding economic human rights in the U.S.
The Poverty Project www.reachandteach.com Ready-to-use social justice curriculum for young people to research and experience the issues of poverty. Detailed lesson plans and 34 reproducible handouts.
Read to Feed www.readtofeed.org Interactive games, curriculum, and classroom activities on global issues and solutions to poverty.
RESULTS www.action.org Background information on poverty in the U.S. and the world, as well as action tips.
United Nations Human Development Index http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics The Human Development Report is a great resource for comparing deprivation and poverty worldwide.
UNDP http://www.undp.org/poverty An excellent guide on how relief agencies and governments are trying to solve complicated poverty problems.
UNESCO www.unesco.org/webworld/netaid Information about UNESCO's development strategies for alleviating poverty.
UNICEF www.unicef.org Works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection.
UN Cyber School Bus Poverty Curriculum www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/poverty2000/index.asp Curriculum designed for grades 5-12 with units on health, housing, education, food, and work security.
The World Bank www.youthink.worldbank.org Curriculum for students that explains the intertwined causes of poverty.
Youth United For Global Action and Awareness www.planusa.org/action/foryouth.php Has a toolkit to Help Stop Child Poverty. Great for youth interested in learning more about global issues affecting children and youth and what they can do to stop child poverty.